HEA Bargaining Update - October 11, 2005

“Keeping You Informed”

Mediation began at 4:00 p.m. yesterday. The negotiation session lasted until about 11:30 p.m. Here is a brief synopsis of what occurred.

Discussions were held in small groups. There was no full table bargaining.

Our team was given another spreadsheet projection of the district’s financial projections for this year and the future. This makes 3 different projections in the last 3 rounds of bargaining.

We resurrected a “Three Year Financial Planning Document” given to us during the last round of negotiations on November 17, 2004. Just 11 months ago, the district’s projected reality for THIS YEAR proves to be $1.5 million in error (on the side of gloom and doom, of course).

There appears to be quite a ways to go before an agreement can be reached.

We have our next negotiation session with the mediator on October 26th at 4:30 p.m.